Brownfield Chronicle Mixes Opinion and Local Updates
A column features Bill Cone’s critique of national press conferences and reflections on admire-worthy traits. Local items include Farm Tour nominations due August 31, a Brownfield remodeling spell, Sheriff Parker’s thanks, Delta Delta Delta house director, Dollar Day on Labor Day, a Cub Den print contract, booster club news, and season ticket details for Cub Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Moss
Coleman Park
Wes
Rose Wesley
Sands
Homer Parker
H. B
Dock) Settle
M. R
Rene) Paddack
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
University of Colorado In
Boulder
Brownfield
Brownfield News
Elaine Shaw
Cub’s den
Brownfield High
Bill McCowan
Chicago
Meadow student awarded Fred Smith scholarship
Alton Lloyd of Meadow receives the Fred Smith scholarship from Don Park, chair of the committee. The 18 year old Meadow High graduate will attend the University of Texas at Austin with a major in physical education. He is the son of Mrs. Mavis Lloyd and the late Willie Lloyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Lloyd
Meadow
Fred Smith
Don Park
Lloyd
University of Texas In Austin
Mavis Lloyd
Willie Lloyd
Pill Cone
Brownfield Hits 104 Degrees As Heat Sets Records
Brownfield sweltered Friday with a 104 degree high as car interiors heated and moisture stayed scarce. Earl Elrod notes no rain since the 16th and only .05 inch previously. El Paso tied a 1900 high record while the Caprock area baked with regional highs reaching 108 at Aspermont and 104 at Lamesa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Hades
Earl Elrod
el Paso
South Plains
Caprock
Plains
Lamesa
Aspermont
Breath of Life Campaign To Begin Here Tomorrow
The Breath of Life Campaign to fight children's lung diseases starts August 27 to 31. Campaign chair Mrs Noah Stone of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation announces the house-to-house drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breath of Life
Noah Stone
National
Stone
North Texas
National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
Beloved Friend Reuben Letter Describes Separation Spirit
A editorials style excerpt recounts a heartfelt letter to Reuben praising friendship and home tied to Civil War era sentiments. It mentions volunteers calling for Breath of Life donations to aid cystic fibrosis and lung diseases, with goals to establish a CF Center near Lubbock and researchers led by Dr Bowman and Dr Barnett at UTMB Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Tech Medical School
Foundation
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Bowman
Barnett
Rites Held Thursday For H. B. Settle
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Meadow for Commissioner H. B. Dock Settle who was found dead in a stock tank on a leased farm northwest of Brownfield. An autopsy was ordered and evidence gathered as a gun and sunglasses were recovered by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Meadow
H. B. (Dock) Settle
Bruce Stovall
Settle
Brownfield
Justice of the Peace
George Steele
Homer Parker
DPS Reports Eight July Accidents in Terry County
Texas Highway Patrol investigated eight rural accidents in Terry County during July. One person was injured, no fatalities occurred. The longer rural summary notes 60 accidents in Terry County for the first half of 1973 with four killed and 37 injured. statewide July 1973 totals show 658 accidents with 21 deaths and 366 injuries, down from July 1972. Deaths in July 1973 occurred in Lubbock Sherman Wilbarger Palo Pinto Parker Wise Hutchinson Potter Oldham and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Texas Highway Patrol
H. E. Pirtle
Lubbock
Sherman
Wilbarger
Palo Pinto
Parmer
Hockley
Jack
Lamb
Parker
Wise
Hutchinson
Potter
Oldham
Brownfield High Yearbooks Signin Tradition Returns
Students at Brownfield High gather for annual yearbook signin as DeAnn Warden initiates the tradition. Baudelio Flores and Leta Boswell Wright observe the moment in a scene captured by Dian Stallings for Newsfote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield High
Baudelio Flores
Leta Bos
Well Wright
DeAnn Warden
Dian Stallings
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Brownie
KKK
Bill Cone
Dale Wiley
Brownfield Booster Club
Jimmy Jones
Loyd Yowell
Bill Giddens
Teal
Boosters
Brownfield Cub
James Willis
Cub Stadium
Booster Club
Kopy
Sig H. Atkinson
National Weather Service
Reuben
Dear John
H. B. Settle
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
DPS
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